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. 2020 May 31;35(3):127. doi: 10.5001/omj.2020.45

Table 1. Number of injuries versus subject or injury characteristics.

Characteristics Grade 1–4 Grade 5–8 Grade 9–12 Total p-value
n % n % n % n %
Gender
Boys 826 78.7 230 58.8 140 67.6 1196 72.6 < 0.001
Girls 223 21.3 161 41.2 67 32.4 451 27.4
Location of injury
Playground 328 39.5 140 46.7 109 62.3 577 44.2 < 0.001
Classroom 331 39.8 112 37.3 53 30.3 496 38.0
Hallway 172 20.7 48 16.0 13 7.4 233 17.8
Time of injury
In class 336 38.4 120 36 53 29.3 509 36.7 < 0.001
Break 349 39.9 106 31.8 35 19.3 490 35.3
Physical education period 189 21.6 107 32.1 93 51.4 389 28.0
Types of injury
Abrasion or scrape 568 62.5 170 54.1 93 55.0 831 59.7 < 0.001
Cut or laceration 260 28.6 92 29.3 27 15.0 379 27.2 0.001
Pain or tenderness 81 8.9 52 16.6 49 29.0 182 13.1 < 0.001
Contributing factors
Fall 407 52.2 117 47.2 60 46.2 584 50.4 0.425
Collision with an object 233 29.9 83 33.5 40 30.8 356 30.7
Collision with a person 140 17.9 48 19.4 30 23.1 218 18.8
Severity
Yes 164 15.9 60 15.7 38 18.6 262 16.2 0.590
No 870 84.1 323 84.3 166 81.4 1359 83.8
Equipment involvement
Yes 250 25.3 112 29.9 40 19.7 402 25.7 0.024
No 739 74.4 262 70.1 163 80.3 1164 74.3